Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal)
Sounder: A Newbery Award Winner
Sounder is a young adult novel by William H. Armstrong, published in 1969. It is the story of an African-American boy living with his sharecropper family. Although the family's difficulties increase when the father is imprisoned for stealing a ham from work, the boy still hungers for an education.
Work Information
Sounder is a young adult novel by William H.
Sounder is a young adult novel by William H. Armstrong, published in 1969. It is the story of an African-American boy living with his sharecropper family. Although the family's difficulties increase when the father is imprisoned for stealing a ham from work, the boy still hungers for an education.
Book Information
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- 2002-12-24
- Pages
- 128 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13 x 0.66 x 19.35 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780064400206
- ISBN-10
- 0064400204
- Price
- 1853 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Children's Books/Literature & Fiction/Historical Fiction/United States/1800s
The Newbery Medal–winning classic novel about the courage and faith—and the love of a dog—that give a family strength in the face of inhumanity. The boy knows that times are tough for his family. Every night, his father goes out hunting with their great coon dog, Sounder, to try to put food on the table. But even with the little they bring back, there is still never enough for the family to eat. When the boy awakens one morning to a sweet-smelling ham on the table, it seems like a blessing. But soon, the sheriff and his deputies come to the house and take the boy’s father away in handcuffs. Suddenly the boy must grow up fast in a world that isn’t fair, keeping hope alive through the love he has for his father’s faithful dog, Sounder. Readers who enjoy timeless dog stories such as Old Yeller and Where the Red Fern Grows will find much to love in Sounder , even as they read through tears at times.
William H. Armstrong grew up in Lexington, Virginia. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and did graduate work at the University of Virginia. He taught ancient history and study techniques at the Kent School for fifty-two years. Author of more than a dozen books for adults and children, he won the John Newbery Medal for Sounder in 1970 and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Hampden-Sydney College in 1986.
Reviews
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出会って良かった
楽しく読み進めることが出来ました。と同時に考えさせられることも多く、出会って良かった本でした！
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人種差別の悲しみを淡々と描く秀作
この本に描かれている場所や年代は、どこにも記されていませんが、多分1960年以前のアメリカ南部の田舎町でしょう。登場人物は、町のはずれのボロ屋に住んでいる黒人家族と1匹の犬。不作でどうにも食べるものに困った少年の父親が一切れの肉を盗み逮捕されます。すぐに監獄に入れられ、強制労働の旅から旅へと連れ回されます。父親を捜しに必死に町から町へと訪ね歩く少年。しかし、結局父親を捜しだす事は出来ず月日が過ぎていき・・・大怪我をした父親がやっと帰って来て、ひと時の安らぎを得たのも束の間、森の中で息をひきとる場面には思わず涙しました。 逮捕される時に家畜のようにこずき回される父親、刑務所に面会に行った少年が持って来たケーキをひねり潰す看守、当時の酷い黒人差別の場面は随所にありますが、物語は、そういった差別を浮き彫りにするのではなく、過酷な運命を静かに受け入れる母親や、やがて学校の先生に出会い「学びの喜び」を知る少年の姿を淡々と描いています。著者は白人だそうですが、この淡々とした静かな描写が、かえって残酷さと悲惨さを浮かび上がらせているように思います。 原題のSounderは犬の名前です。この犬は最初に白人保安官に銃で撃たれてから長い間隠れており、物語の中盤から再び登場するのですが、大怪我をした後、誰もがうっとりするような遠吠えが出来なくなってしまいます。声を出せない彼の名前がSounder、それが原題になっているのは深い意味があるのかもしれません。 子供を対象にして書かれた本ですから英語はそれ程難しくありません。会話の中に黒人訛りの英語が時々出てきますが、流れの中では殆ど気になりません。
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Five Stars
Product in great condition.
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Five Stars
Good book fast shipping!
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A well told story that gripped my heart.
I know this is a children’s book, but it’s truly one that anyone of any age can and should read. You see the effects of racism and Jim Crow through the eyes of a boy forced to grow up much too soon. As a writer, I was impressed by the parallels drawn between the father and his faithful dog, Sounder. Honestly, the entire book is captivating, though also very sad. I read it in an afternoon and wholeheartedly recommend!
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Simple story
The story of an un-named boy and his family, and their dog Sounder and set in a sharecropping part of Louisiana. The family are really poor, and the father is jailed for stealing food. Sounder is shot and disappears off to mend his wounds, re-appearing several months later. Not an awful lot else happens, and I was left feeling a bit unmoved by the whole thing.
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Libro
Excelente compra, muy buen precio.